Rani Lill Anjum

Philosopher of science at NMBU (Norwegian University of Life Sciences) and leader of the CauseHealth research project. Works on causation, dispositionalism, philosophical bias in science, and the philosophy of scientific methods. Frequent co-author with entities/elena-rocca.

Positions defended in this wiki

Causation is real and necessary for science — contra Russell (1913). Experiments, observation, and applied science all presuppose causation (see sources/2023-anjum-rocca-phi403-lecture-02-do-we-need-causation).
Dispositionalism — causes are properties with tendencies/powers; the dispositional modality sits between pure contingency (Hume) and necessity.
Co-author of Andersen, Anjum & Rocca 2019, "Philosophical bias is the one bias that science cannot avoid" (eLife) — foundation of the course's thesis on concepts/philosophical-bias.
Causal/methodological pluralism — a plurality of methods is needed to identify causation's many symptoms.
Critic of the evidence hierarchy in EBM; co-authored course treatments of RCT limitations.

Contributions in this wiki

sources/2023-anjum-rocca-phi403-causation-in-science — PHI403 course meta-source (20 lectures).

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